Humor in Art: Matt Kenyon (Updated 9/25/12)

Department of Art fall colloquia series focuses on humor in art. Artist Matt Kenyon will be featured on October 9 at 6:00 pm in Katzen Arts Center 201. The event is free and open to the public.

The Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native is interested in the convergence of art, emerging technologies, and pop- culture. Many of his works feature interactive technology and artificial intelligence/artificial life as a means for displaying his thoughts on culture.

Kenyan received his M.F.A in painting and printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University, and most recently taught at Penn State University's School of Visual Arts in the New Media and Interdisciplinary Digital Studio programs. At Penn State Matt he co-founded and co-directed StudioLab, a collaborative space merging laboratory experiments and data analysis with computer gaming and aesthetic design.